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dare to be stupid is my favorite song of his for obvious reasons
but, you know what, i'm going to show how well weird al does his job. consider the devo vids NSFW, spoiler tagged for the uninterested.

towards the very beginning of the video, where the band is in radsuits with green lighting and a white floor is JUST LIKE the Devo vid for Satisfaction. the guitarist even has a toaster attached to his guitar, which has a payoff later. Weird Al is wearing goggles, which Mark Mothersbaugh wore in Satisfaction and Freedom of Choice

the flipping man at 0:41 of Dare to be Stupid is also a reference to a later part of Satisfaction, which has the performer "Spazz Attack" flip himself on his back and then pop back up to continue dancing
the cowboy at 0:53 is a general reference to the Whip It video which everyone already knows god damn it
the black and white video clips that start at 0:58 are a reference to the video in the Devo vid Beautiful World

at 1:30, the band is posed like Devo in their short video for Devo Corporate Anthem, itself a reference to Rollerball

the togas at 1:33 are a reference to Freedom Of Choice, which had a line referring to Roman Philosophers

the stop motion in general could be seen as a reference to Freedom of Choice, which has some as well
2:30 is yet another Freedom of Choice reference, a man who has to choose between a banana and an accordion. in the original video, a man had to choose between a gun and a grenade, and a woman between a couple of other things.
the line "mashed potatos can be your friends" is likely a reference to the fact that Devo calls their fans Spuds. the Mr. Potato Heads in the video at 3:05 could be a continuation of that.
the stockings worn over the heads of the band members at 3:11 are a reference to Jocko Homo's music videohttp://www.dailymotion.com/video/x195lt_devo-jocko-homo_music

The lines to the song itself are filled with pop culture, which Devo itself satirized. there's a reason that Mark Mothersbaugh, frontman for Devo, said that Dare to be Stupid was the greatest Devo song.

Oh man, I've probably heard the Weird Al parodies before the original songs. I heard "Smells like Nirvana" so many times before finally hearing "Smells like Teen Spirit" once I was so confused as to why there was no cow mooing or the singer gargling water.

I kept wondering "So when does the mumbling start and words start happening?"

In 2004, Yankovic's parents were found dead in their Fallbrook, California, home, apparently the victims of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning from their fireplace that had been recently lit. The flue was closed, which trapped the carbon monoxide gas inside the house, suffocating them.[35] Several hours after his wife notified him of his parents' death, Yankovic went on with his concert in Mankato, Minnesota,[40] saying that "since my music had helped many of my fans through tough times, maybe it would work for me as well" and that it would "at least ... give me a break from sobbing all the time."